Exigência nutricional e bioeficácia de metionina + cistina digestível em pintos de corte

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the bioavailability and nutritional requirement of methionine and cystine (met + cys) in broiler chicks from 1 to 21 days of age. To determine the nutritional requirement 750 broiler chicks were distributed in a completely randomized design with five increasing levels of met + cys (0.710%, 0.780%, 0.820%, 0.880% and 0.940%). To determine the bioavailability of the sources of methionine (DLM and DL-HMB) 1050 broiler chicks were used. The experimental design was completely randomized in a 2 x 3 factorial plus an additional treatment without supplemental methionine. Three increasing levels DL-HMB (0.129%, 0.240%, 0.442%) and three levels of DLM (0.084%, 0.156%, 0.287%) were used in an amount of 65% of DL-HMB levels. The parameters studied for requirement and bioavailability were: feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion. When there were significant differences between treatments a polynomial regression analysis was applied to determine the requirement and the linear regression analysis simultaneous and exponential was used to determine the bioavailability based on body weight and feed conversion in birds. The values for met + cys requirements for the phases were: 0.891% (1 to 7 days), 0.917% (1 to 14 days), 0.912% and 0.94% (1 to 21 days). For bioavailability an improvement in animal performance was observed, regardless of the source used, compared to broilers fed the basal diet. Exponencial regression analysis and simultaneous linear revealed the average bioavailability of DL-HMB compared to DLM weight gain and feed conversion respectively: 70% and 38% (1 to 7 days); 63% and 59% (1 to 14 days); 79% and 53% (1-21 days) in a basis of products